Health consequences of long-term injection heroin use among aging Mexican American men

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 912-932

  Torres, Luis R ^a   Kaplan, Charles ^a   Valdez, Avelardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; health; heroin; injection drug use (IDU); Mexican Americans

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051519220     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264311401389     Document Type: Article

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